One-year survival of patients with high-grade glioma discharged alive from the intensive care unit.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Only limited data are available regarding the long-term prognosis of patients with high-grade glioma discharged alive from the intensive care unit. We sought to quantify 1-year mortality and evaluate the association between mortality and (1) functional status, and (2) management of anticancer therapy in patients with high-grade glioma discharged alive from the intensive care unit.

Patients and methods

Retrospective observational cohort study of patients with high-grade glioma admitted to two intensive care units between January 2009 and June 2018. Functional status was assessed by the Karnofsky Performance Status. Anticancer therapy after discharge was classified as (1) continued (unchanged), (2) modified (changed or stopped), or (3) initiated (for newly diagnos

SUBMITTER: Decavele M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7456207 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature